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Close side profile of a person with swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala around the neck, seen beside a bright flame in the foreground. The background is blurred, with a seated person in light clothing and a red wall. a person is the person in profile; the visible cues are the long swept-back hair and the rudraksha mala, though the face is only partly visible. A flame lamp is lit in the foreground.

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July 15 20132013-07-15Close side-profile photograph of a woman seated in the foreground, her long dark hair pulled back and held with a dark hair tie, wearing a large rudraksha mala with silver spacer beads around her neck. Her bare shoulder is visible, and she is turned toward the right. In the blurred background a second person in white clothing sits near the bottom right, and a red curtain and dim shrine-like surroundings appear behind her.2013-07-17March 15 20132013-03-15A photograph of a homa fire ritual. A man with long, swept-back dark hair sits behind a flaming fire pit, eyes lowered, with a red bindi on his forehead. He wears a deep red-maroon shawl over his bare shoulder and a long gold bead necklace. Bright orange flames rise from the pit in the foreground, with blurred orange-robed figures at the left and right edges of the frame and a red curtain behind him.2006-10-21Dark indoor setting with a man in rust-red robes and a long orange-beaded mala with large gold beads, holding a silver lamp with a flaming wick in his right hand while a silver ritual vessel rests in his left. He looks toward the flame. Smoke rises from the lamp; a partly visible person stands at the right edge. Appears to be an aarti or lamp ritual. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, rudraksha-style orange beaded mala with gold beads, and saffron-toned robes.2013-03-18Night photograph of an evening aarti at an outdoor temple setting with blurred colourful string lights in the background. Three men stand in a row. The man on the left in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a long brass torch with a flaming wick. The central man, shown in profile, wears a white dhoti and white shawl over one shoulder, with rudraksha malas around his neck and a saffron-yellow sash, and holds a brass fire torch with a cloth-wrapped handle. The man on the right in a white shirt, wearing rudraksha malas, holds a small brass vessel.2015-11-16A photograph taken from behind and slightly to the side of a seated figure with long dark wavy hair pinned up with a dark rudraksha mala woven into it, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over one shoulder and bare shoulder. The figure faces a red draped backdrop. In the foreground, a blurred brass lamp and a small glowing flame sit in the lower left, with a lattice screen of red and green bokeh lights on the right. Appearance cues fit the a person candidate in saffron with rudraksha adornments, but the face is only partly visible, so identity is uncertain.2013-07-11Side profile photo of a man with long, swept-back dark wavy hair, a white forehead mark and a red bindi, wearing a red garment and an ornate gold necklace strung with black beads. He sits on a red-draped golden throne before a tall brass lamp whose flame is lit. The background is a plain wall and a pale curtain at right. a person is seated as the presiding figure; the long hair, gold ornamentation and red cloth are the qualifying cues.2011-01-25July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesMarch 16 20132013-03-16A photograph in shallow focus shows a long-haired man in profile from behind, wearing a red garment with a woven blue-and-red border over the shoulder and a gold ceremonial necklace with large beads. He has a white mark on his forehead and faces right toward a blurred background of seated people in white clothing and a figure in black. The background shows a reddish wall and soft evening light. The man appears to be the a person, identified by long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and a saffron-red garment, though the face is not clearly visible.2010-12-22January 12 20172017-01-12